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拔

bá
verb HSK 5 #2,896

Meanings

  1. 1 to pull up; to pull out; to uproot
  2. 2 to select; to promote; to stand out

Characters

拔
bá
to pull up; to uproot
扌(hand) + 犮 — pulling something out with the hand

Examples

医生帮我拔了一颗牙。
Yīshēng bāng wǒ bá le yī kē yá.
The doctor pulled out a tooth for me.
他把草拔出来了。
Tā bǎ cǎo bá chūlái le.
He pulled out the weeds.
拔河比赛明天开始。
Báhé bǐsài míngtiān kāishǐ.
The tug-of-war competition starts tomorrow.
别忘了拔掉插头。
Bié wàng le bá diào chātóu.
Don't forget to unplug it.

Tips

usage
拔牙 (bá yá) = pull a tooth. 拔草 (bá cǎo) = pull weeds (also internet slang for 'trying something you were tempted by'). 拔河 (báhé) = tug of war.
culture
The idiom 拔苗助长 (bá miáo zhù zhǎng) — 'pulling seedlings to help them grow' — warns against impatience. A farmer pulled his rice sprouts taller, and they all died.

Stroke Order

拔 bá